INTRODUCTION The frequency of surgical procedures has increased steadily in recent decades, including the myocardial revascularization. OBJECTIVES To demonstrate the importance of physiotherapy in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery in relation to the reduction of hospital stay, changes in lung volumes and respiratory muscle strength. METHODS We conducted a prospective study with pat...

background: today the use of laparoscopy before laparotomy is an effective method for decision-making in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. the reliance on ct scans for decision-making purposes is not only unhelpful, yet also misleading . nonetheless, indications for laparoscopy and its application are changing daily. the low quality of diagnostic tools and epidemiological situation in our c...

HYPOTHESIS Preoperative briefings have the potential to reduce operating room (OR) delays through improved teamwork and communication. DESIGN Pre-post study. SETTING Tertiary academic center. PARTICIPANTS Surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and other OR personnel. INTERVENTION An OR briefings program was implemented after training all OR staff in how to conduct preoperative briefings t...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine the association of preoperative thrombocytosis with the prognosis of patients with nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of 187 patients who underwent a radical nephrectomy for nonmetastatic RCC between July 1997 and June 2009. Thrombocytosis was defined as a platelet count≥400,000 µL,...

BACKGROUND/AIM In the preoperative period, simple methods to identify the tumor stage of colorectal cancer patients are needed. In recent years, the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been used as a predictive parameter for systemic inflammatory response in many different clinical entities. This study aims to determine if the NLR predicts the tumor stage in colorectal cancer patients in the ...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to evaluate the production of interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 by stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from patients with supraglottic laryngeal cancer before and after surgical treatment. METHODS Fourteen patients with advanced supraglottic laryngeal cancer were studied. Cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated during the preopera...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To estimate the effect of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) in women with deep infiltrating endometriosis. DESIGN Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING Tertiary care university hospital. PATIENTS One hundred six women with uncomplicated posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis scheduled to undergo laparoscopic surgery between November 20...

Although many patients with gynecologic cancer undergo surgery, time constraints during the preoperative consultation may affect the accuracy of the information exchange, as well as compromise the quality of the patient assessment and care plan. Both put patients at a higher risk for complications during surgery and the postoperative period. This article describes an advanced practice RN-led pr...

UNLABELLED In this study, we aimed to compare the clinical findings and ENMG results of the patients who underwent surgery due to CTS, in the preoperative and early postoperative period. METHODS 33 wrists of 29 patients who underwent open carpal tunnel surgery in our clinic due to CTS, between 2009 and 2011, were evaluated. Electrophysiological progress was evaluated with ENMG and clinical st...

A study was carried out in which patients were asked questions to assess their knowledge of their condition and treatment, the questions relating particularly to care before siting an intravenous infusion and preoperative care. A high proportion of patients knew little about the procedure they were about to undergo. It is recommended that patients should be told more about matters relating to t...